A 5 - 4 UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DECISION UPHOLDING THE NATIONAL HEALTH CARE "MANDATE" AND MOST OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT LAW............

The headline of the hour at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, delivered within the last several minutes is that Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., writing the majority opinion for the United tates Supreme Court, has rendered a 5-4 vote decision, upholding the bulk of the Affordable Care Act, National Health Care Law, known commonly, as "Obama Care", declaring the Individual Mandate, Constitutional.  The provision to expand Medicaid to more of the Poor, by the States was declared an overreach by the Federal Government and overturned by the Supreme Court.  Voting in the majority along with Chief Justice Roberts, are Associate Justices, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia SotoMayer, Elena Kagan; with Associate Justices Antoin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alioto, voting in the minority.  The lifetime durabilty of health insurance coverage in the Law, without limitation was also upheld;  as was no limitations on health care insurance coverage due to pre-existing conditions; and also the right of children to remain covered by their parents health insurance policies until age 26.  Thus, four out of the five major provisions of the Affordable Care Act have been found Constitutional, with the Conservative Chief Justice, a Catholic, voting to uphold the Law; while the Moderate swing Justice Sacramento born Anthony Kennedy, a Catholic, joining with the other three Conservatives and Catholics, in voting to overturn the National Health Care Law............Fr.  Troy